New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hinted that kids aged 5-11 would eventually require a vaccination passport to enter certain businesses. He noted that this process might take “a number of weeks” before the policy is put into place.
New York City currently requires people age 12 and older to show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms, and other organizations.
Mayor de Blasio said in a press briefing:
“We want to get to the day where we actually could vaccinate the youngest New Yorkers and get that rolling. We know it’ll take a while. I mean, right now, to use the example of the 12- to 17-year-olds, very good news, we’re almost at 79% of them. That’s fantastic, but it did take a while.”
De Blasio acknowledged that he did not have an exact timeline for when the child vaccine passport requirements will go into effect. He knows it will not happen immediately since it will take several weeks to get this group vaccinated. A similar requirement for children will occur in San Francisco, but not for at least eight weeks after the vaccine is available.